Olga Brandt-Knack, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Olga Brandt-Knack
- Olga Brandt-Knack (born Olga Brandt: 29 June 1885 – 1 August 1978) was a Hamburg dancer, choreographer and dance teacher.
- She was also politically engaged, having joined the Social Democratic Party in 1918.
- Her career at the Hamburg State Opera was abruptly terminated in 1933 after the new government decided she was "politically unreliable".
- During the ensuing twelve years she was kept under surveillance by the security services and temporarily arrested by them.
- She supported herself during this period by working as an appointments clerk in the medical sector.
- After 1945, by which time she was aged 60, she rejoined the (no longer outlawed) Social Democratic Party and turned to city politics, serving between 1946 and 1953 as a high-profile member of the "Hamburgische BĂĽrgerschaft" ("Hamburg Parliament").
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